Top Gun’s faith only starts to make sense during gold-plated collection

WHEN Shakespeare wrote that all the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players, he had the acting profession pretty well sized up. The genius is in the writing and the direction, not the performing.

All that is lacking is the word “discuss” and that would make a useful university exam question.

The truth is, though, in my experience, there isn’t an awful lot of discussion to be had: it’s precisely because a lot of actors’ minds are vast empty sheds that they have the ability to take on the personalities and passions of others. Some might say, the less going on upstairs, the more successful an actor will be.